STATEMENT BY RICHARD V. ALLEN, CHAIRMAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE 1980 REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE WASHINGTON

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STATEMENT BY
RICHARD V. ALLEN, CEIAIRMM;
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NATIONAL SECURITY b INTERNATIONAL AFFAII;S
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMM [TTEE
To The
1980 Republican Party Platform Committee
Washington
January 15, 1930
We call for a series of specific measures to strengthen, on
an u'gent basis, the nation's intelligence community.
In recent years, the Carter Administration and the Democratic-
controlled Congress, assisted by numerous single-issue lobbyists, have
drastically weakened the capability of the U.'S. to'collect foreign intel-
ligence and to protect our internal security. This unilateral disarming
of out intelligence agencies, each a vital. element in our total defense
structure, has continued and accelerated during the Carter-Mondale
These attacks have resulted in: the drastic crippling of t?,e
intelligence community; a severe lowering of morale in the intelligence
agencies; a loss of public confidence in our intelligence system; and the
reluctance of friendly foreign services and American citizet:s in, the private
sector to cooperate with U. S. agencies for fear that important national
secrets will not be protected in the U. S.
The result is that the intelligence community has lost much of
its ability to supply the President, senior U: S. policy officials and
Congress with the best possible information and with timely warnings f
threats to our security.
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Recent events in Afghanistan,' Iran and elsewhefe around the
world compel us to take without delay the following firs steps to
strengthen our intelligence capability.
1. The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory oard (PFIAB
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abolished by President Carter as one of his first official
acts, must be reestablished as a permanent nonpartisan body
of distinguished and experienced Americans to perform a con-
stant "audit" to make certain that national intelligence
resources and performance are adequate for national
security requirements.
2. A crash effort must begin to restaff the CIA with capable, know-
ledgeable people after the Carter-Mondale Administration's
firings of experienced CIA personnel.
3. Another center for- the production of intelligence estimates
4. Legislative action must he taken to help American intelligence
must be created in order to enhance the quality of estimates
by constructive competition.
officers and their agent, operate safely and efficiently over-
seas.
We urge that:
New legislation be drafted to provide American corporations
or other entities in the private sector with immunity in con-
nection with any lawsuits directed against them for providing
intelligence officers with cover.
Designated U. S. government agencies operating abroad be re-
quired to furnish intelligence officers full credentials and
appropriate cover assignments.
No legislation be drafted, as was the case with S. 2525, that
will inhibit or prohibit any American citizen from lending
assistance to his country's clandestine services if he so
desires..
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5. We must take three additional important steps to protect our
most vital national security information:
? Strong support must be given to legislation now being con-
sidered by the Congress which will invoke criminal sanctions
against those who disclose the identities of U. S. intelligence
officers serving abroad under cover.
Criminal sanctions must be legislated and enforced to punish
those whose work gives them access to sensitive information
and who then make unauthorized disclosure of the sources and
methods used by U..S. Intelligence agencies.
? The Hughes-Ryan Amendment must be changed to limit Congressional
access to some of our most sensitive intelligence?Isecrets to
members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and their
designated.staff members.
6. The Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act -- while well
intentioned -- have greatly hindered the intelligence agencies
in carrying out their missions. These Acts should now be
amended so that: (A) meaningful background checks can be made
on individuals being considered for employment in sensitive govern-
ment positions; (B) these Acts cannot be exploited by those who
abuse their intent by diverting the intelligence agencies from
their primary responsibilities to spending thousands of man
years responding to the requests by anyone seeking information,
including foreign nationals, sometimes capricious or malicious
in intent, including foreign nationals.
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7. The sphere of "intermed t - ti
is
e L L U I U I is vitally important.
to sound intelligence. Our government must have the
capability to covertly influence events vital to our
national security. Only the United States among the great
powers denies itself the weapon of intermediate or covert,
action. Particularly we need to be able to help leaders
of friendly governments, who fear too conspicuous association
with the United States, in their efforts to maintain their
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own national security.
We believe that the great majority of American citizens a-e
weary of?repetitive and often self-serving attacks on the intelligence
agencies. We believe that adequate safeguards exist to insure
that; past
abuses??wil-l-not?recur,-and-we-want--our-intelligence-servicesagain F- and
soon - to be second to --none; --so that- the- United -States` can discharge
adequately and faithfully its role in world affairs during these critical
INTELLIGENCE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS
Colonel Harry 0. Amos
Mr.
B. A. Bridgewater
Mr.
Michael A. Daniels
Mr.
Osborne
Day
Mr.
Michael
Duval
Mr.
James
L.
Malone
Dr.
Robert
L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.
Mr.
Walter
L. Pforzheimer
Mr.
Arthur
Spitzer
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